for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. Hebrews 4:10-11 (ESV) This passage I have long found difficult to understand, and Read more…
Here is my mindmap for Romans 6:15-23: Here is the scrolls for this week, and here are some more questions of my own: What does the rhetorical question in v15 mean? And the answer? What is the relationship between slavery and obedience? Does the Gospel make us no longer slaves? Read more…
Here is my mindmap of Romans 5:12-21: Here is the scrolls for this week, and this chart I’ve found helpful laying out this passage, to make it’s content and structure more accessible. And some more questions of my own: How are Adam and Jesus alike? How are they different? How Read more…
Going through Romans 7, I find a lot of our discussions could use more background than we have. When talking about “the Law”, there are two questions I have found very helpful in finding my way through Biblical texts, as well as conversations about them with others. The first I Read more…
Here is my mindmap of this passage: Here is the scrolls. Here are some more questions: 1. What question opens this section? 2. How is it answered? Why? 3. What images are used to describe our unrighteousness? 4. What are/aren’t they? 5. What do/don’t they do? 6. What are their Read more…
Here is my mind map for this section: You can get a copy of the scrolls for this section here. And here are a few questions of my own: Who is Paul addressing now? How does the reader condemning himself? What is God’s judgment based on? What is the purpose Read more…